Grand Illusion

About Grand Illusion

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has fo…

Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion is a 1937 history war film. At 114 minutes long, it arrived in June 1937.

Jean Gabin stars as Lieutenant Maréchal, Dita Parlo as Elsa, Pierre Fresnay as Captain de Boëldieu, and Erich von Stroheim as Captain von Rauffenstein. Written by Charles Spaak and Jean Renoir.

Shelv files it under france, world war i, countryside, and prisoner. In the United States it streams on Darkroom.

Rescue Dawn, Paths of Glory, and The Great Escape make useful companions to Grand Illusion, all filed under escape, escaped prisoner, and escape plan. It scores 7.9 out of 10 from 806 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.